Last night the US Federal Reserve signalled the way to an interest rate rise before the US Presidential Election and investors are busy digesting the flood of earnings reports.

Here's what you need to know before the US market open at 2:30pm.

The pre-market is pointing lower ahead of the open but looks to be broadly flat. The S&P is down by 0.05 per cent, the Nasdaq is off by 0.07 per cent, and the Dow is set for an 0.08 per cent fall. The US 10-year yield is unchanged at 1.5 per cent.

European markets are sinking halfway into the session, while Asian markets closed down as investors fret over the Bank of Japan's latest policy meeting.

Up market grocery store chain Whole Foods is looking less rosy, with shares slipping ahead of the open. Same store sales sank 2.6 per cent, missing the 2.4 per cent decline that analysts were anticipating. It earned an adjusted $0.37 per share on revenue of $3.7bn.

Companies reporting today

An absolute torrent of corporate data today from both sides of the Atlantic.